No "good morning" and "good afternoon" in Romance Languages?

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (updated daily) 2024-07-18

Summary:

From François Lang: I hope this isn't a well-known question. I searched LL for "good morning" romance and found nothing. So here goes.   (1) One can say "good evening" idiomatically in Romance languages, but not "good morning" or "good afternoon". (2) However, all three are idiomatic in Germanic languages.    I'm wondering if LL […]

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https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=65064&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-good-morning-and-good-afternoon-in-romance-languages

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Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

07/18/2024, 00:28

Date published:

07/17/2024, 06:59